Description
Joseph Goldstein reflects on the path of insight, the beauty of selflessness, and why retreat is a key part of awakening.
This week on Insight Hour, Joseph answers questions on:
*What insight (vipassana) truly means
*Momentary concentration & the path of ‘dry’ insight
*Mudita (sympathetic joy) as a path to ‘moisten’ insight
*Removing our identification with thoughts and emotions
*Experiencing the rapid flow of consciousness itself
*Stories of Dipa Ma and the beauty of selflessness
*The benefit of going on retreats
*Freeing the heart and mind from greed, hatred, and ignorance
"I found that practicing the mudita was like eating ice cream—it's delicious. What's striking is it may be the hardest one, or, the one we're least practiced in, really cultivating that delight in the happiness of others. When we undertake it as a type of formal practice and cultivate it, it's a totally beautiful quality of mind and it's very uplifting." –Joseph Goldstein
This talk was given at the Insight Meditation Society and distributed by Dharma Seed
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